Field archive · physical context

Evidence has
a place and a body.

Selected instrument context and telescope reference frames from the observation record. Unresolved metadata stays visible; the Sky witness is documented only at public locality level and the precise observing position remains private.

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04 Curated records

What the public archive can support.

Four documentary views of the EDS station enclosure, sensor electronics, battery, and charging hardware — Documentary hardware record · photographed 21 August 2026

01 · Instrument context

Station enclosure and electronics

Four views document the EDS enclosure, sensor electronics, battery, and charging hardware. They were captured after the event as instrument context and are not presented as eclipse-day photographs.

Observer: EDS
Instrument: EDS environmental station
Capture date: 21 August 2026
Evidence role: Post-event hardware documentation

Two compact solar panels supplying the EDS power system — Documentary power-system record · photographed 21 August 2026

02 · Power context

Solar supply for the Earth witness

The paired panels feed the independent power system supporting the EDS environmental station.

System: EDS environmental station
Component: Two-panel solar supply
Capture date: 21 August 2026
Evidence role: Post-event infrastructure documentation

Seestar telescope on a tripod at the rocky coastal observing locality before the eclipse recording — Eclipse-day setup photograph · precise position withheld

03 · Sky witness context

The telescope at the coastal observing locality

A verified eclipse-day photograph records the Seestar telescope in position shortly before the optical sequence began. Only locality-level location information is published.

Local time: 18:16:18 WEST · 12 August 2026
Witness: CosmoNutz · optical record
Instrument: Seestar telescope and tripod
Capture location: Vila Praia de Âncora area, northern Portugal · precise position withheld

Derived telescope reference frame at first contact — Derived web reference still · not the archival master

04 · Sky witness

Espinho first-contact reference

A telescope frame aligned to the Espinho astronomical first-contact reference time on the shared working timeline.

Local time: 18:35:08 WEST
Witness: CosmoNutz · optical record
Responsibility: Teófilo Couto · telescope acquisition and astrophotography
Instrument: Seestar telescope and application
Capture location: Vila Praia de Âncora area, northern Portugal · locality only

Derived grayscale telescope frame aligned to the Espinho predicted maximum reference time — Derived from the preserved uncompressed 8-bit grayscale capture

05 · Sky witness

Espinho maximum reference

A telescope still aligned to the independently sourced predicted maximum for the Espinho astronomical circumstances. It is not presented as the telescope locality's own maximum.

Local time: 19:32:14 WEST
Time basis: Network-synchronized acquisition time · operational reconstruction alignment
Instrument: Uncompressed 8-bit grayscale capture
Capture location: Vila Praia de Âncora area, northern Portugal · precise position withheld

Derived grayscale telescope reference frame aligned with the 11-lux EDS minimum — Camera and station records aligned on a network-synchronized working clock

06 · Witness alignment

EDS minimum reference

The telescope frame aligned to the EDS one-minute observation that recorded the event minimum of 11 lux.

Local time: 19:32:22 WEST
EDS reading: 11 lux
Timing note: 8 seconds after the Espinho predicted maximum
Capture location: Vila Praia de Âncora area, northern Portugal · precise position withheld